Hat holder



E. W. WOOD April 6, 1937.

HAT HOLDER Filed May 6,- 1935 INVENTOR.

ATTORNE Patented Apr. 6, 1937 UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to holders for hats, and more particularly toholders for installation upon the backs of seats in public meetingplaces such as vehicles, churches, theaters, and the like.

The prime object of the invention is the provision of a holder whichwill support a hat by engagement with its brim, and will at the sametime provide a space thereon for displaying an advertisement.

Other objects are to provide a device of this class which is new, novel,practical and of utility; which is simple in construction; which ischeap to manufacture; which is neat in appearance; which will bedurable; and, which will be efiicient inaccomplishing all the purposesfor which it is intended.

With these and other objects in View as will more fully appearhereinbelow, my invention consists in the construction, novel features,and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described, pointed outin the claims hereto appended, and illustrated in the accompanyingone-sheet drawing, of which,

Figure 1 is a plan View of the device;

Figure 2 is a side elevational View, showing in dotted lines, operationof the device;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevational sectional view detailing a portionof the base plate; and,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the device with the cover removed.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in all the figures.

It is understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size,shape, weight and other details of construction, within the scope of myinvention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or broadprinciple of my invention and without sacrificing any of the advantagesthereof; and it is also understood that the drawing is to be interpretedas being illustrative and not restrictive.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofmechanical expressions one of which, for the purpose of illustrating theinvention, is shown in the accompanying drawing wherein:-

The reference numeral I indicates as a whole a preferably flat basehaving a pair of spaced upstanding loops 2 and 3 at its lower endportion and having a plurality of perforations for receiving screws orthe like 4 by which it may be connected to a suitable support such asthe back of a theater seat or the like. A substantially U- shaped spring5 has its end portions 6 and I disposed flatly along the surface of theplate I and inserted through the loops 2 and 3. Each leg of the springis provided with a convolution 8. A tongue 9 is disposed between thelegs of the spring 5 with one end impinged by the cross-element In ofthe spring and the adjacent surface of the base I. The spring normallyretains the free end of the tongue 9 at the end of its throw lying mostremote from the plate I. Intermediate its ends the tongue 9 is providedwith a fulcurm II upon which it may rock.

Obviously the fulcrum II could be disposed upon or made integral withthe base plate I, if desired, instead of being made a part of thetongue.

The free end of the tongue 9 carries a rigidly mounted push button I2 bywhich that end of the tongue may be forced toward the plate I for movingthe impinged end of the tongue away from the plate.

A suitable hood I3 having a visor I4 extending over the spring 5 and thetongue 9 and having its edges turned to form flanges I5 for embracingthe edges of the plate I is disposed upon the plate I and has africtional engagement with the plate.

The hood is installed upon the plate by inserting the plate into theopen ends I6 of the slots formed by the body of the hood and the flangesI 5. The screws 4 may or may not be disposed through the hood as Well asthe plate, as desired. The hood is provided with a through perforationI'I through which the push button I2 projects.

An advertising medium, indicated generally by the reference numerals I8,is shown upon the hood. The hood and the base plate may be made of anydesired size and configuration.

In operation, manual pressure is exerted upon the push button I2 toraise the opposite end of the tongue 9. The brim of a hat, not shown, isinserted between the plate and the tongue and the pressure is released.Tension of the spring 5 impinges the brim between the tongue and theplate and thereby supports the hat.

Obviously, the invention is susceptible of embodiment in forms otherthan that which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and describedherein, and applicable for uses and purposes other than as detailed, andI therefore consider as my own all such modifications and adaptationsand other uses of the form of the device herein described as fairly fallwithin the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, What is claimed and desired to besecured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A hat holder embodying: a base adapted to be secured to a seat backor the like; a substantially U-shaped spring member having its open endssecured to said base; a tongue longitudinally disposed within saidSpring member having a transverse notch in its lower end portion adaptedto seat the closed end of said spring member, said spring member therebynormally holding the notched end portion of said tongue against saidflat base; a fulcrum for said tongue; an outwardly extending push buttonon the free end of said tongue; and a removablecover for all of saidmembers being open at its lower end to allow access to the notched endof said tongue, said cover having a suitably located perforation toallow movement of said push button therein.

2. A device of the class described comprising: a metal basesubstantially adapted to conform to the back of a seat or chair; aU-shaped spring having one convolution in each of its shanks, saidshanks secured rigidly at their open ends to said base; a tongue havinga fulcrum contacting the base, being longitudinally disposed between theshanks of said spring and having its lower end impinged between theclosed end of said spring and the base; an outwardly extending pushbutton on the free end of said tongue; and a cover for said spring andtongue attached on three sides to said base member, and having its lowerend open to allow the free insertion of an article between the lower endof said tongue and said base, said cover having a suitable perforationto allow manual operation of said tongue by means of pressure applied tosaid push button.

EDWIN W. WOOD.

